Thomas Bethune's Photographic Journal

DRY LAGOON

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

Toadstool Rocks near Dry Lagoon.

Posted in California, humboldt county history, prairie creek | Tagged beach, boulders, California, coast, fantasy, formations, hike, humboldt county, mysterious, nature, ocean, ocean shore, park, Patrick's Point State Park, rural california, state park | Leave a comment

THE EUREKA THEATER

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

The Eureka Theater, 2010

Posted in black and white, California, eureka, movie theater | Tagged eureka, historic, humboldt, humboldt county, movie theater, street scene | 1 Comment

SPIRIT TREE SERIES – PRAIRIE CREEK

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

I took this image in April 2011, but it took until tonight for me to figure out how it was supposed to be interpreted. Here it is: another in the Spirit Tree Series. I suppose that I should give it a number, but I do not feel like researching it now.

Posted in California, prairie creek, redwood, redwood forest | Tagged big leaf maple, California, forest, humboldt county, national park, prairie creek state park, redwood forest, redwoods, rural california, state park | 2 Comments

ARCATA PLAZA EARLY MORNING PERSPECTIVE

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

The Arcata Plaza Reflected in a Restaurant’s Windows

I took this photograph in 2010. I took it because there were elements within the composition that spoke to me at a subconscious level. What I mean is that I did not fully grasp the totality of what was within the frame of my camera until I actually reviewed the image today. I think of images such as this as linkages to my deeper understanding.

Posted in arcata, California, humboldt county history, Uncategorized | Tagged arcata, arcata bars, arcata history, building, buildings, humboldt county | 2 Comments

SUNDAY’S SUPER MOON AT KNEELAND

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

Sunday’s Super Moon Rises Over the Coastal Range

Posted in astrophotography, California, Uncategorized | Tagged humboldt county, kneeland, moonscape, super moon | 3 Comments

MORE SACRAMENTO VALLEY RICE

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

Sacramento Valley Rice Series – Silos With Rail Cars

Sacramento Valley Rice Series – Blue Base Silos

Oftentimes, I need input from others about my images. I cannot decide between the above images which one best portrays the overall feeling of the structure. I did rate the image without the railcars as the higher ranking, but I have my doubts.

Posted in California, central valley, sacramento valley, southern pacific, sp, train, Uncategorized | Tagged fine art photography, railroad, Rice growers, sacramento valley | 4 Comments

SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT TRAIN IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

A Southern Pacific freight train somewhere near Red Bluff, California c. 1987

I took this photograph sometime in the mid nineteen-eighties with my old Rollicord. The tonality and hues of this image are a bit unique. The scanned print started out as a black and white image. I then “hand-tinted” with Marshal Photo Oils and with colored pencils.

Posted in railroad, southern pacific, sp, train, Uncategorized | Tagged diesel engine, freight train, locomotive, railroad, red bluff, southern pacific, track, train | Leave a comment

B-17 AT ARCATA AIRPORT SIXTY YEARS AFTER WWII

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

Collings Foundation B-17 909 at ACV 2012

The former Nose Hangar at ACV 2012

I made these photographs in 2012 when the Collings Foundation WWII bombers were there on display. I like that I was able to incorporate one of the few, at the time, remaining structures from the former WWII naval air station. Unfortunately, the nose hanger no longer exists.

I will dig out some more negatives from the 1980s, scan, and post sometime in the future.

Posted in acv, arcata, California, Uncategorized, vintage aircraft | Tagged ACV, arcata, flying fortress, hangar, humboldt, humboldt county, mustang, nine-o-nine, nose hangar, wwII | Leave a comment

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT AT ACV FORTY YEARS AFTER WW II

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

What I recall as being a BT-13 at ACV c. 1988

A P-51 Tied-down Near the Old Tower at ACV c. 1988

I would need to dig through my old negative files to confirm the date when I took these two photographs, but I am not going to do so today. I took them with my Korona 4×5 view camera, and I am confident that they were taken around 1988. I have numerous images of the of the former auxiliary Naval Airbase at Arcata (now ACV) WW II buildings as they were allowed to slowly decompose.

Posted in acv, arcata, humboldt county history, p-51, p-51 mustang, Uncategorized, vintage aircraft | Tagged ACV, acv wwII history, arcata, humboldt, humboldt county | Leave a comment

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY ON A QUIET PRE-SEMESTER SUNDAY

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

Door to the Van Duzer Theater at Humboldt State University

Three of us decided to photograph the Humboldt State University campus this morning. We, correctly, figured that the campus would be empty this weekend, and that this would be our last chance to photograph prior to the influx of fall semester students.

I prefer to photograph buildings and landscapes sans people. I do, at times, photograph events, where the people are the subjects, but mostly, I am not that type of “street photographer.” I do admire the works of Vivian Maier, Atget, and Bresson, but I am not of the ilk to work busy streets. I like the pre dawn hours when there is slumber in the air and only a few early birds about.

Posted in arcata, California, Uncategorized | Tagged arcata, California, hsu, humboldt, humboldt county, humboldt state university | Leave a comment

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